Example sentences of "[noun] would [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And the messengers would come all the time . |
2 | But , The Builder commented , Scott would disclaim such a description of his work . |
3 | He was used to heavier controls than this , but an hour 's practice would make all the difference . |
4 | The old hens would eat all the feed . |
5 | Health service employers who mean what they say in their statements about equal opportunities would welcome such a monitoring process . |
6 | That law would permit such an authority to rely upon presumed injury to its reputation because the defendant , who had accomplished a statement reflecting upon the reputation of the local authority , would have to prove the truth if he sought to justify the publication ; and , if he had commented adversely upon the conduct of the council , he would have to prove the substantial truth of the facts upon which the comment was based . |
7 | The general population has no stomach for such blatant bigotry , and the lesbian and gay communities would fight all the way to protect the limited freedoms we enjoy here . |
8 | At first he refused to answer , then realised that no assassin would make such a noise so went down to the door and called out : ‘ Who 's there ? ’ |
9 | The question is whether the Treaty of Maastricht would make such a transfer of allegiance imperative . |
10 | Malcolm Colley would consider this a failure . |
11 | Younger first time buyers would find such a scheme an unnecessary burden since , presuming that they retired at the standard age , they would have to continue paying their mortgage for 30 or 40 years before the pension plan matured to pay it off . |
12 | The Special Branch detective was asked whether he thought it probable that a more junior officer in the social welfare wing would call such a meeting and at it preside over ones of much more senior rank from the military wing . |
13 | The Khmers Rouges , who boycotted the final stages of the Pattaya talks , blocked moves to invite a small UN team to supervise the ceasefire , fearing that the SOC would use such a team to legitimize its own administration and possibly to avoid greater UN involvement in the organization of elections . |
14 | But it is unlikely that Althusser would welcome such an option because , as we saw , he is anxious to reject this very distinction . |
15 | If I were to write of Milton Friedman : ‘ the absence of self-consciousness and the resulting presence of an egocentrically unified perspective seem to be associated with an inability to shift perspective in concept formation problems ’ , I do not suppose that many psychologists would accept such an application of the language of psychology . |
16 | He asks : ‘ Would anyone say that the matrimonial consent would render this no crime ? ’ |
17 | I 've seen that girl ride straight at an obstacle would make many a man blanch . ’ |
18 | He said a skilled and ethical therapist would resist such an advance , knowing the harm it might cause the patient . |
19 | The damp conditions would exacerbate such a situation . |
20 | Some people find it hard to accept that Jesus would utter such a cry of despair . |
21 | Firms interested in cleaning up their act were offered a special deal : Railside Revival would pay half the cost of materials and community programme workers would do the work for free . |
22 | It is nowadays quite unrealistic for a tenant even to attempt to secure a long letting of commercial property at a fixed rack rent ; and no well-advised landlord would grant such a lease . |
23 | With its own small quay , a landing stage and 180 ft of frontage on to Mylor Creek , near Falmouth , Otter Bridge would fulfil many a dream , even though the house itself is modern . |
24 | It was hard to credit that a British Cabinet would pursue such a policy but , then , there were plenty of hard men in the Government . |
25 | The Wolvercote Tongue was insured for half a million dollars , and one of the safest ways of transferring it over to England had got to be on the person of the traveller : few people would entrust such an item to letter-post or parcel-post or courier-service ; and even if they did , the insurance-risk premium would be prohibitive . |
26 | Most normal people would have half a pound at the most . |
27 | The next step was to enquire whether Queen Mary would accept such a gift . |
28 | I , in my turn , would be confined to small-animal work , and you and Ian Woodall would have all the farm work . |
29 | When they paused near one of these villages to rest the horses the Collector remained in the carriage and watched the men drawing water from the well , drawing it up in a huge leather bag with the help of their bullocks , and he knew that the same two men and two bullocks would do this every day until the end of their lives . |
30 | No analyst would make such a claim today , and the ‘ nationalization ’ thesis has had to be revised in the light of increased local variations in voting behaviour . |